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2.11: p13 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?

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This article is from the Ska FAQ, by Tomas Willis tomas@twillis.com with numerous contributions by others.

2.11: p13 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?

United Colors of Ska
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`United Colors of Ska', Pork Pie Records marketed by Vielklang
Musikproduktion, Berlin. The contents:
`Mambo/Ska No. 8'
Bad Manners

`Hooligans'
Hepcat

`Five'
No Sports

`One Way Ticket'
Mr. Review

`Too Old'
Skarface

`I Want Justice'
Ruder Than You

`Talk'
The Busters

`Slow Boat To Trinidad'
Dr. Calypso

`Ska de Aca'
Desorden Publico

`Soulful Lover'
Small Axe

`I Don't Want To Live Alone'
The Frits

`He Wants Me Back'
Dance Hall Crashers

`New Leader'
Arthur Kay and the Originals

`Oh She Is A Big Girl Now'
Judge Dread

`Esta Noche'
Let's Go Bowling

`Des's Humble Pie'
The Porkers

`Non Stop Drinking'
King Apparatus

`New Shoes'
Mark Foggo's Skasters

`Rudy's Back'
The Scofflaws

`New York Fever'
The Toasters

Recommended by Rudegirl23, rudegirl23@aol.com.

We Don't Skare
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`We Don't Skare', by "Le Silence de la Rue", France, (1994). No
record label info *per se* indicated on the album. Distributed by
Semaphore Productions (Holland). The contents:
`Jill Victoria'
Skeletones

`C. Johnson's Clothes'
Hoodlum Empire

`Singluar I'
Steady Earnest

`Nomeansno (1)
like they're singing "Hide and Seek". Oh well. -EC' Engine 54

`Smoking Barrel'
Six Feet Deep

`No Idea'
Skaface

`Paraguyan Sun'
Bim Skala Bim

`Hello Everybody'
Ngobo Ngobo

`Foreskin Heads'
Square Roots

`Ca Recommence'
Skarface

`Grandad'
Too Hot

`Looking Glass'
Meal Ticket

`Loving Couple'
Blechreiz

`Ska Guitar'
Invaders

`Prisonero Del Vietcong'
Los Pies Negros

`Le Pouvoir'
Skamp Boys

`Glass Pants'
Skunks

`Ballpark Skank'
Mustard Plug

---------- Footnotes ----------

(1) I think this is a typo: the chorus of the song sounds

 

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